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MEMO TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL <br />FROM: MARY SAARION, DIRECTOR <br />PARKS, RECREATION AND FORESTRY <br />DATE: APRIL 11, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT <br />There continues to be a cry for after-school programs, especially from two working <br />parents or single parent families who need a supervised program for children during <br />after-school hours. The Mounds View Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department <br />attempts to meet the need with the provision of the after-school programs at <br />Pinewood and Sunnyside Elementary Schools. The program of activities are shown on <br />the following page. <br />Except for 1st - 3rd grade basketball at Sunnyside, the program registrations barely <br />meet minimum numbers. The participation is much higher at Sunnyside School than <br />Pinewood School for reasons unknown. Only two of the eight activities offered at <br />Pinewood had sufficient interest, while all of Sunnyside activities had sufficient <br />numbers to be held. <br />These after-school programs had a great amount of publicity. Flyers were distributed <br />to each student, the information was published in the city Newsletter which reaches <br />every resident in Mounds View, and the New Brighton Bulletin and Focus Newspapers <br />ran articles advertising the programs. <br />The Mounds View Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department will continue to offer <br />after-school programs and through trial and error and with continual evaluations, will <br />find the activity program which meets the desires of the community. <br />MS/SL <br />Attachment <br />